Welcome to my site about one of the prettiest and rarest
insects in America, Somatochlora hineana, otherwise known as Hine's
Emerald Dragonfly. This site is a webpage designed for Organismal Biology
at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. The goal is a comprehensive
look at this species of dragonfly. This emerald dragonfly is the only
dragonfly on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service list of Endangered Animals
(Burton).
It is also listed on the International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) red list of threatened species (<http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20342/all>).
This dragonfly is located only at a few small sites in Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, and maybe Missouriwith the biggest breeding grounds
locating in Door County, Wisconsin(Cashatt). For more information on
this wonderful insect, please click on the links below.